Which to use
“merkwürdige” and “merkwürdiger” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,538
- “merkwürdige” frequency rank
- #30,683
- “merkwürdiger” frequency rank
- 43221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | merkwürdige | merkwürdiger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set merkwürdige and merkwürdiger apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. merkwürdige ([ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə]) and merkwürdiger ([ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “merkwürdige” sits inside “merkwürdiger”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
merkwürdige is recorded at frequency rank #12,538, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə]. merkwürdiger is at rank #30,683, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43221, this pair ranks #1,424,934 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of merkwürdige vs merkwürdiger
Shared letters: degikmrwü. Private to "merkwürdige": -. Private to "merkwürdiger": -.
"merkwürdige" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCV · "merkwürdiger" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVC